head to head
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is reads, and it is a single point.

Optimization · Practiced Mastery
Sci-fi horror RPG blending Squaresoft turn systems with real-time dodging in 1997 Manhattan.

Optimization · Practiced Mastery
Recruit-anyone London where operative variety carries every mission.
Parasite Eve leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Watch Dogs: Legion leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Parasite Eve
Active-time dodging between attack windows
Watch Dogs: Legion
Combat and driving forgiving across operatives.
Watch Dogs: Legion leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
Parasite Eve
Mitochondrial monsters follow fixed scripts
Watch Dogs: Legion
AI scripted; no real modeling.
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Parasite Eve
Random drops and first-run boss surprises
Watch Dogs: Legion
Recruit perks and patrols randomize widely.
Parasite Eve leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Parasite Eve
Weapon tuning and Parasite Energy management
Watch Dogs: Legion
Recruit synergy, gadgets, routes solvable.
A matching score does not mean a matching test. Two games can both sit at 10 on execution and demand completely different things of you - which is why the reasoning above matters more than the number beside it.